SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BUTTERFLIES

Erina hyacinthina form josephina (Harris)   (Common Dusky-blue)
Erina hyacinthina form simplexa (Tepper)   (Western Dusky-blue)

Downy or Rusty Dodder-laurel Cassytha pubescens hostplant for the Common Dusky-blue,
parasitising tea-tree in the Lower Southeast Region.

Coarse Dodder-laurel or Devil's twine Cassytha melantha hostplant for the Western Dusky-blue,
parasitising Eucalyptus.  Black-downed flowers on left, smooth fruit on right

Photography by R. Grund